But Wenger, whose side host Fulham on Saturday, has revealed that the north Londoners are not close to concluding any deals.

“I am curious as well, of course I’m curious, it’s my nature,” said Wenger. “But the transfer period lasts until 31 January. Are we close to signing anybody? At the moment I would say no.”

Asked about Berbatov, Wenger replied: “You should ask the question, do I rate Berbatov as player? Highly. Have we made any approach to sign Berbatov? No.

“I don’t think [we will bid for Berbatov] because we have [Nicklas] Bendtner who is coming back, we have Yaya Sanogo who is making very good progress in training.

“Of course we have lost Theo Walcott and that for us was a big blow but hopefully we can compensate. We have not made any approach.”

And when questioned if a deal is close for Draxler amid reports the 20-year-old was spotted at Arsenal’s training ground this week, Wenger said: “No. That’s like a unidentified flying object. Some see them everywhere.”